Capitol Gains

FOURSOME: Caitlyn Chin (left) and Chunya “Bead” Boonta (right) flank Sen. Owen Hill and his daughter.

On April 17 the West Foyer of the State Capitol Building witnessed bipartisan support as 13 Republican and 13 Democratic legislators showed up for the Colorado Golf Coalition’s annual Golf Day at the State Capitol. That’s twice the total that attended last year. The spike in interest may have had something to do with star … Read more

Jennifer Kupcho Conquers Augusta

Jennifer Kupcho after winning the Augusta National Women's Amateur - Photo Courtesy of Michael Madrid, USA Today Sports
Jennifer Kupcho after winning the Augusta National Women's Amateur - Photo Courtesy of Michael Madrid, USA Today Sports
Jennifer Kupcho displays her hard-earned hardware at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. (Michael Madrid, USA Today Sports)

Westminster native rallies on back nine to win inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur

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Inaugural Hale Irwin Medalists Announced

Hale Irwin

Dale Douglass and Jennifer Kupcho will receive the first Hale Irwin Medals “There’s no better player to ever come out of the state of Colorado than Hale Irwin.” Irwin Medal With that incontrovertible pronouncement—and with the World Golf Hall of Famer himself seated right next to him—Colorado Golf Association Executive Director Ed Mate announced the … Read more

Kupcho, Huffer and Choi Qualify for LPGA Tour

Becca Huffer (Photograph by Scott A. Miller/LPGA)

From a field of 102, three players with strong Colorado ties emerge with LPGA cards. To no one’s surprise, the No. 1 amateur woman golfer in the world—Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster, Colo.—qualified for the LPGA Tour during the inaugural Q-Series concluded Saturday at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. And she did it convincingly, shooting a … Read more

Lauren Howe Is Elected to the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame

Howe, a junior star and former LPGA Tour player, earns enshrinement. For the second time in the last three years, the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame will induct only one new member at its 47th Annual Induction Awards Dinner next June. That sole member of the class of 2019 will be Lauren Howe, a highly … Read more